My trainings were inspired by the following (one of the questions didn't work):
- Using CSS when converting Markdown to PDF with Pandoc
- How to convert Markdown + CSS -> PDF?
- How to compile all .md files in a directory into a single .pdf with pandoc, while preserving YAML header data?
And the tutorial:
Converting Markdown to Beautiful PDF with Pandoc
My platform:
- Endeavour OS (derived of Arch Linux)
- KDE Plasma
- MikTeX
- Terminator
I have Lua installed.
My goal is to:
- convert multiple Markdown to one single PDF page (not multiple PDF pages)
- include multiple CSS files;
- use LaTeX macros (for example:
$\LaTeX$on Markdown file) - to preserve YAML header data
I tried to run the command:
$ cd diários
$ pandoc -s \
# Because of few LaTeX macros on one Markdown file
-f markdown \
# I need to use HTML 5, but the result warned it is not compatible with the format output (xelatex)
-t html5 \
# Accoridng to https://jdhao.github.io/2019/05/30/markdown2pdf_pandoc/
--pdf-engine=xelatex \
--self-contained \
# Multiple CSS files
--css ../assets/css/colours.css,../assets/css/fonts.css,../assets/css/global.css \
# To preserve YAML data
--lua-filter=../scripts/demote.lua \
# Multiple Markdown files
-V geometry:margin=1in \
*.md \
# Output as PDF
-o combined.pdf
Tree
.
├── assets
│ ├── css
│ │ ├── colours.css
│ │ ├── fonts.css
│ │ ├── global.css
│ ├── fonts
│ │ ├── Latin Modern
│ │ │ ├── LM-bold-italic.woff
│ │ │ ├── LM-bold-italic.woff2
│ │ │ ├── LM-bold.woff
│ │ │ ├── LM-bold.woff2
│ │ │ ├── LM-italic.woff
│ │ │ ├── LM-italic.woff2
│ │ │ ├── LM-regular.woff
│ │ │ └── LM-regular.woff2
│ │
│ ├── images
│ │ ├── 2021-12-27-camiseta-do-hackathon-do-itau.jpeg
│ │ ├── emojis
│ │ │ ├── 32
│ │ │ │ ├── 1-emoji-excited.png
│ │ │ │ ├── 2-emoji-happy.png
│ │ │ │ ├── 3-emoji-neutral.png
│ │ │ │ ├── 4-emoji-sad.png
│ │ │ │ └── 5-emoji-down.png
│ ├── videos
│ │ └── 2021-12-27 – Comboio no temrinal em dois monitores.mp4
├── diários
│ ├── 2021-05-28.md
│ ├── 2021-12-25.md
│ ├── 2021-12-26.md
│ ├── 2021-12-27.md
│ ├── 2021-12-28.md
│ ├── 2021-12-29.md
│ ├── 2021-12-30.md
│ ├── 2021-12-31.md
│ ├── 2022-01-01.md
│ ├── 2022-01-02.md
│ ├── 2022-01-03.md
│ ├── 2022-01-04.md
│ ├── 2022-01-05.md
│ ├── 2022-01-06.md
│ ├── 2022-01-07.md
│ ├── 2022-01-10.md
│ ├── 2022-01-11.md
├── scripts
│ └── demote.lua
Errors
pdf-engine xelatex is not compatible with output format html5
And with -t html5, another error:
Error running filter ../scripts/demote.lua:
[string "--[[..."]:227: Constructor for Header failed: [string "--[[..."]:258: attempt to index a nil value (local 'x')
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'error'
[string "--[[..."]:227: in field 'Header'
../scripts/demote.lua:11: in function 'Pandoc'
With --lua-filter=../scripts/demote.lua removed, it almost worked, but it did not capture the CSS files. I believe the problem is in the pdf-engine=xelatex.
